Assignment task: Which of the following clients is most likely NOT suitable for solution focused counselling?
1. Selene is a high-level financial executive who has come to counselling to help work through feelings of inadequacy after a recent job promotion.
2. Tanu is a single mother to 13 year old Ajeet. Tanu has sought out counselling because she has been regularly fighting with Ajeet and is struggling to manage his behaviour. She is keen to resolve her parenting issues.
3. Jacob has battled with issues of depression after being subjected to physical abuse as a child. He has come to counselling because he wants to more fully explore and process his childhood experiences in order to resolve what he calls his "inner demons".
4. Carlo has sought out counselling because he feels as though he needs to make a life change. He is unhappy with his career and is contemplating "packing it all in" and going back to university to study teaching but he is unsure of whether or not this will make him happy